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1. Add MS 45298-45337

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THE MAY MORRIS BEQUEST 45298-45337. LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS OF WILLIAM MORRIS (b. 1834, d. 1896), the poet and artist, including examples of work from all periods of his literary career. These MSS. are among those used by May Morris, his younger daughter, when preparing her Collected Works of William Morris (hereafter referred to as C.W.), 24 vols., 1910-1915, and the supplementary William Morris, Artist, Writer, Socialist (hereafter referred to as Morris), 2 vols., 1936, in which many of thos...
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William Morris, poet and artist: Literary MSS.: circ. 1853-1896. May Morris, alias Mary; daughter of William Morris: Notes by: n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1848-1933]
Extent:
43 items

2. Add MS 45298 A

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. I (ff. 135). Miscellaneous short poems and fragments, circ. 1853-1896, as follows:- (a) Juvenilia and early poems, arranged in the order of the list at ff. 1-3 (in an unidentified hand, possibly that of Jenny (Jane Alice) Morris). The MSS. in this sect...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1853-1896
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 45298 B

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. II (ff. 51). A quarto exercise-book containing copies in the hand of Jane Morris of a number of Morris's shorter poems. The originals of most of these can be found in 45298 A, to which references are given. These copies appear to have been used by May Mo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 19th century
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1 item

4. Add MS 45299

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. III (ff. i + 105). Contents:- (1) Fragment of a draft of The Death of Paris, differing considerably from the printed text. The fragment (beg. 'And still I wandered through the night and still'), consists of part of the interview between Paris and Oenon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857-1870
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 45299-45309

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. III-XIII. Drafts and copies of tales and poems for The Earthly Paradise (see C.W., vols. iii-vi). The work was published 1868-1870, but was begun much earlier. In C.W., xxiv, p. vii, May Morris gives the dates 'About 1865-1870' for 'Poems of The Earthly Paradise time', but in C.W., iii, p. xvi, she dates an early MS. of The Man born to be King in the period of 'Scenes from The Fall Of Troy', which is fixed at about 1857 both by her (C.W., ii, p. xiv...
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Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: W. Morris; marginal sketches, etc.: late 19th cent. Poetry ENGLISH: W. Morris: poems: circ. 1853-1896.: Autogr. and copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857-1870
Extent:
11 items

6. Add MS 45300

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. IV (ff.ii + 14). The Fostering of Aslaug (C. W., vi, pp. 21-64). A draft, described by Morris on the original wrapper (f. ii) as 'Rough of Aslaugs Fostering', corresponding closely to the printed text except for numerous minor variants. On f. i is the no...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857-1870
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 45301

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. V (ff. iv + 52). Bellerophon at Argos (f. 1) and Bellerophon in Lycia (f. 20b) (C.W., vi, pp. 67-134 and 177-277). The two poems were originally conceived as one (see C.W., iii, p. xi), and they are treated as one (ff. 1-52) in this draft, although nearl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857-1870
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 45302

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. VI (ff. ii + 11). The Ring given to Venus (C.W., vi, pp. 136-173). A draft, described by Morris on the original wrapper (f. ii) as 'First copy of ring given', from 'Howe'er it might be, this I know' (C.W., vi, p. 137) to the end. This draft is shorter an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857-1870
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 45303

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. VII (ff. i + 27). The Man who never Laughed Again (C.W., v, pp. 159-204). It is not clear whether Morris's note on the original wrapper (f. i)-'First copy of man who'-refers to art. 1 or 2, or both. Contents:- (1) A draft corresponding, with many minor...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857-1870
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 45304

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. VIII (ff. ii + 14). The Story of Rhodope (C.W., v, pp. 208-248). A draft described by Morris on the original wrapper (f. iii) as 'Rough copy of Rhodope'. It corresponds to the printed text as far as p. 36 (f. 10b), with minor variants, and then diverges ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857-1870
Extent:
1 item